Danny is the founder and Head Coach of GA Hockey.

Danny played internationally with Wales at both Junior & Senior Level, as well as in the National League for over 15 years with Wakefield, Sheffield Hallam & Belper. 

He has a vast amount of coaching experience at both performance and participation levels, having worked with various clubs including Wakefield HC & Rotherham HC, the European Hockey Federation and Bulgarian Hockey, as well as previously working as the Head Coach at QEGS Wakefield and is the current Head of Hockey at Mount St. Mary's College.

Fun Fact: Danny once 'beat' Andy Murray at Tennis.... He forgot to mention Andy had to withdraw due to playing in another tournament!

Ben began his Hockey career playing at the mighty Rotherham HC, playing from U10, right up to Men's 1st XI from the age of 15. He currently play for Wakefield Men's 1st XI in the Northern Premier League. 

Ben started coaching at 16, and his previous roles include Head coach of Rotherham HC, Lead Coach RHC U16 Girls, Lead Coach of South Yorkshire U13 to U18 girls. 

Ben's current roles are WHC Lead Youth Coach, WHC Lead U14 Girls Performance Coach, WHC Men's Coach, WHC Women's Performance Assistant Coach, and Lead Coach at Wakefield Girls High School.

Ben is one of our most experienced coaches having coached with GA for the last 5 years...if you've been on a GA camp, you've met Ben! 

Fun Fact: Ben was the record goal-scorer for Gibraltar U13s in their European Championships!

Curtis has been coaching for 9 years and also has a degree in Coaching and Management. 

Curtis started his coaching journey through football, where he worked with Junior and adult age groups at a range of different levels. In regards to hockey, he fell in love with the game after the 2012 Olympics. At the age of 15 Curtis started playing for Wakefield Hockey Club. Shortly after he became an integral part of the coaching team with Green Army, Sportways and Wakefeld HC. 

Coaching has been a huge part of his life and he hopes it will be for a long time.

Fun Fact 1: I am the best coach, much better than coach Ben.  

Fun Fact 2: I once nutmegged Ex Wales international Danny Berry... accidentally. 

Having played at Bradford Hockey Club as a junior Chris moved to Durham University in 2007 winning promotion with DUHC 2nd team to the North Premier Division and a part of the 1st XI squad who won promotion to the National League in the same year. In the next two seasons Chris played for the 1st team in the National North and BUCS competitions against the top young players in the country.

After leaving University Chris moved to Wakefield HC, helping the 1st team to win promotion to the National League in my first season. Over the following three years he represented the 1st team in the National league until injuries and work commitments meant he was unable to commit to playing at that level.

Since finishing playing, Chris has worked as a Goalkeeper coach with both the Men’s and Women’s performance GK at Wakefield and worked with both West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire as both a GK and outfield coach as well as a being regular face at the GA camps!

Fun Fact: Due to being a Math's teacher, Chris was brought into the GA team to run the very complicated finances during our daily Tournament auctions!